Leveraging your data is as easy as A-P-C-D
November 14, 2017
1-2-3 Did you know that having access to an APCD has the potential to make data analytics as easy as A-B-C? You may have heard of an APCD before –
Employers need to share successes (and failures) with each other. Starting now.
November 13, 2017
No two employers are alike, especially when it comes to health care purchasing. Benefits offerings need to reflect unique characteristics, like employee demographics and health status, company culture, and regional
Good news! CMS will continue to provide oversight on physician fee schedule
November 7, 2017
In July 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, suggesting how it planned to update its payment policies and
Jennie Pao on the need for standard health plan ACO reports
November 6, 2017
Suzanne calls Jennie Pao, Manager of Health Care Planning at Pitney Bowes, to learn about her experience with the ACO performance reports Pitney Bowes receives from its health plans and
Mapping a course to measure the impact of payment reform
October 25, 2017
While satellite images have revolutionized cartography, there is no eye-in-the-sky view available to see the impact that payment reform is having on the health care system. With the help of
Recommended Reading: CAPG case studies on risked based payment reforms
October 24, 2017
CAPG, an association representing physician organizations who practice capitated, coordinated care, recently put out a guide to alternative payment models (APMs) that includes a series of case studies on various
Elliott Main on maternal health
October 23, 2017
Have we made headway in addressing the quality of maternity care, or haven’t we? Suzanne calls Elliott Main, obstetrician and Medical Director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC),
Time to push health plans for the real story on ACOs
October 16, 2017
Fun fact! There are almost 1,000 active accountable care organizations (ACO) across the United States, covering more than 32 million lives (~10 percent of the U.S. population). If you are
For evidence based strategies, we need evidence!
October 10, 2017
By CPR’s Executive Director, Suzanne Delbanco Long before there were agreed upon standards for measuring the quality of health care, any health care provider could measure its own quality and
Leemore Dafny on optimism in the face of consolidation
October 9, 2017
Suzanne dials up Leemore Dafny, a Harvard professor and economist, to find out how she keeps a “glass half full” outlook in the face of provider consolidation and higher prices
5 Neglected Implementation Tasks You Don’t Want to Miss
October 3, 2017
Updated on October 7, 2019 Congratulations! You’ve made it through another benefits planning season and you can finally relax. But not so fast. Focusing on execution during implementation is equally
Diane Meier on palliative care
October 2, 2017
Suzanne talks to Diane Meier, Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) about a specialty that is not getting the attention it deserves yet–palliative care. Learn what it
MYTHBUSTER: Consumers favor higher priced providers
September 26, 2017
Not too long ago, we busted the myth that high prices mean high quality care and that we can’t extend the retail mindset to health care. But do consumers actually
Marty Gaynor on the ripple effect of consolidation
September 25, 2017
Listen in to Suzanne’s exchange with Marty Gaynor, Professor of Economics and Health Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and leading expert in consolidation and market competition, where he explains how physician and
Employers can make a splash, business coalitions can help make a bigger one
September 22, 2017
The challenges employers and other health care purchasers face and the solutions needed to solve them come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, it can even feel as though one
MYTHBUSTER: HDHPs make better consumers
September 18, 2017
Benefit designs that emphasize consumer cost-sharing are now the norm in the U.S. As adoption of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and other cost-sharing models increase, we need to continue to
Mark McClellan on evidence in payment reform
September 18, 2017
Suzanne calls Mark McClellan, Director of the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, to discuss what he knows about what’s going on in payment reform today, such as what types of
Together, we (still) have a lot of work to do!
September 12, 2017
Looking ahead to 2018, those working to improve the health care marketplace have our work cut out for us. Provider consolidation is creating lopsided market dynamics, specialty drugs are causing
Mollyann Brodie on Americans and pharmacy prices
September 11, 2017
With the increasing cost of prescription drugs seeming never-ending, Suzanne waned to check in with the polling expert, Mollyann Brodie, Senior Vice President for Executive Operations at the Kaiser Family Foundation, to
Announcing partners as we enter a new era
September 5, 2017
CPR’s Scorecard on Payment Reform team is proud to announce its selection of three states to pilot Scorecard 2.0, each led by a local sponsoring organization. A pilot in New